The Setup: Autumn Heritage

The nights are drawing in and the temperatures are dropping which means your old friend autumn is just around the corner. Time to get wrapped up - bring on the layers.

The Numbers Game - Russia's Secret Stations

During the decade leading up to 1992, from a secret location in the dense forests around Moscow, a radio station, known as UVB-76, broadcast almost nothing but continuous beeps. One day, without any warning, it switched to a on-off sharp buzzer sound that cut through the dark of the Russian night and carried across the Northern hemisphere. Occasionally, the buzzer was interrupted by a male voice reading sequences of names and numbers. Was this a signal to Soviet agents in the field? Was it related to the Russian Dead Hand system?

My Essentials for the With Love Project

The guys at The With Love Project got in touch recently and asked me to get my every day items together to be used as part of the Essentials feature on their blog. As lover of every day carry culture and a #flatlay obsessive, I jumped at the chance. Here are my essentials:

Reconnaissance #15

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> Make Swedish Coffee - Best Made Projects
> The Skillfully Styled Bookshelf - Valet Magazine

> Dispatch from Mount Desert Island - The Hand & Eye

> Live the Good Life - The Good Life Experience Festival

> The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Codex99

Go, and Be - The Scottish Highlands

Last month, Josh Brine took a trip to explore the magnificence of the Scottish Highlands and fell in love. This video, as a result, is Josh's simple thank you to the memories the highlands gave and the lesson they taught him:

"Life is short. Enjoy it. Go have fun. Go somewhere that makes you nervous. Do something stupid for a change. Do something you said you wanted to do. Build memories. Build relationships. Build some kids. Then build some Legos. Build a life with your love and never let her go. Just go, and be."

• joshbrine.com 
• storyandheart.com

Music courtesy of marmosetmusic.com
Voiceover: Brian Hall
Words: Josh Brine

SILCA HX-One Toolkit

Few tools can cause as much heartache or wasted time as the seemingly simple hex key. It's the key to the toolboxes of motorsport engineers and pro-tour mechanics who recognise that better tool fit leads to better feel and confidence as well as a significant reduction in the likelihood of damaging exotic fasteners and components.

The Chelsea Deck Clock

The US Navy has relied on the accuracy and durability of The Chelsea Deck Clock to synchronize its fleets since 1917. A design that's remained largely unchanged for almost a hundred years, The mechanical Deck Clock is a classic example of fine American clock making.

True to its origins and intimately engineered, the Deck Clock features an all-American mechanical movement that has remained at top of its class for the past century, and is the one choice for true authenticity. The mechanical movement needs to be wound once a week but thats just part of the ritual.

Best Made Company has finally brought the Chelsea Clock Company's Deck clock to the civilian market. Made in the USA by the last remaining manufacturer of the American mechanical clock, peerless in its precision, timeless in its design; for nigh on a century the Chelsea Deck Clock has earned the trust of admirals and explorers alike. If you don't happen to have an have a aircraft carrier, then the deck clock would like great in your home office, workshop or even in the kitchen.


BUY NOW: $1,750
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Reconnaissance #14

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> The Tenacious Cobbler - What's Really Good
> As It Happened - The Arundel Flea - A Continuous Lean
> Finding the Mysterious Third Man - Adventure Journal
> Oystering in Nova Scotia - Ball and Buck
> The 2015 Traveler Photo Contest Winners - National Geographic

End of Transmission

I just launched END OF TRANSMISSION. An image focussed Tumblr to support The All Night Listening Post and provide some stimulating visual inspiration. Head over and check it out.

Preview of the New Bianchi L'Eroica Bike

Prestigious Italian brand Bianchi just dropped a preview of their brand-new L’Eroica prototype.  Inspired by the Bianchi racing machines of the 1950’s and 1960’s, the new frame is made in Italy from Columbus Zona tubing and painted in the traditional Celeste Bianchi colour with chrome-plated parts and will be available soon.

Reconnaissance #13

Every week, The Listening Post delivers a curated roundup of the past weeks best links. Here's this week's Reconnaissance:

> Searching for Meaning in the Waves - Gear Patrol

> The Monocle Travel Guide to Tokyo - Vimeo

> Stream Recordings from the Newport Folk Festival - NPR

> Why Running with the Bulls is More than a Deathwish - Telegraph

> Sheffield's New Coffee Roasters - Buckshot Coffee